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Police officers inspect the damaged house of a member of Ahmadiyah after it was attacked by Muslim mob in Pandeglang, Banten province, Indonesia, Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. The machete-wielding mob on Sunday attacked the home of the minority sect leader in central Indonesia, killing three and wounding six others, police and witnesses said. US 'deplores' religious killings in Indonesia
| THE US has condemned an outbreak of religious violence in Indonesia that left three people dead and several churches badly damaged. | The violence erupted on Sunday when a mob of 1000 Muslim extremi... (photo: AP) The Daily Telegraph Australia
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Indonesian soldiers inspect the wreckages of cars and motorcycles at the church that was attacked by Muslim mob in Temanggung, Central Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. Hundreds of Islamic hard-liners stormed a courthouse and set two churches on fire Tuesday in central Indonesia to protest what they considered a lenient sentence for a Christian convicted of blaspheming Islam. Jakarta urged to act as churches targeted
| A MUSLIM mob in Central Java attacked three Christian churches yesterday. | This occurred hours after the chairman of a US government commission challenged the Yudhoyono administration over the rise... (photo: AP / Slamet Riyadi) The Australian
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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, speaking at a joint media availability with visiting French Minister of Defense Alain Juppe at the Pentagon on Feb. 8, 2011, talks about his impressions of the recent popular uprisings against the established governments in Tunisia and Egypt. U.S. urges Mideast to begin reforms after Egypt, Tunisia unrest
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday urged governments in the Middle East to take heed of spontaneous manifestations of discontent in Tunisia and Egypt and begin needed political and econo... (photo: US DoD / R. D. Ward) Ha'aretz
Mideast   Photos   US   Violence   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian protests  
Guerillas of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front raise their firearms as they shout "Allahu Akbar" (God is great) in front of the media during a press conference Saturday, June 4, 2005 inside Camp Darapanan in southern Philippines. PHILIPPINES: Mindanao separatist hardliners against peace talks with government
MANILA, 8 February 2011 (IRIN) - Negotiators from the Philippines government and the country's largest Muslim insurgent group - the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) - are set to resume formal peac... (photo: AP) IRINnews
Peace   Philippines   Photos   Talks   Wikipedia: Moro Islamic Liberation Front  
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, 17th Karmapa and chief minister of Himachal Pradesh during a special thank H.P ceremony held in Dharamshala, India Tibetan Lama Faces Scrutiny in India
| DHARAMSALA, India -- His daring escape from Tibet seemed out of a movie. Then only 14, Ogyen Trinley Dorje was one of Tibetan Buddhism's most revered incarnate lamas, and his journey through the icy... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
China   India   Karmapa   Photos   Tibet  
The team, led by Additional Superintendent of Police (Una) K G Kapoor, giving the questionnaire that was in English and he replied through an interpreter, Inspector General of Police P L Thakur mdia, noting that the investigations were on and the Karmapa might be questioned again after more information was available. A tempest in Tibetan temples
Allegations of spying and media manipulation lay bare the divisions in Tibetan Buddhism and tensions between China and India. Mistrust between rival Karmapas belies the image of a placid religion. | 1... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) The Los Angeles Times
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